Community plays key role in testing a modified version of ‘Thai vaccine’ regimen

A much-anticipated clinical trial has begun in South Africa to test a modied version of the so-called Thai vaccine, the only experimental vaccine regimen so far to show modest protection against HIV/AIDS.

Community Advisory Board members like MmapuleRaborife play an important role in serving as the eyes and ears of the communities they represent.

CAB member Mmapule Raborife at a meeting on Oct. 20, 2014 in Seattle, Wash.File photo by Robert Hood / Fred Hutch News Service